So, how's summer everybody? It somehow passed unnoticed for me here in Latvia.. Still, wanted to get some of it and escape from everything at least for a few days. I'm sure you know how it feels..

I remember some time ago planning a destination for this summer trip. Tbilisi, Georgia ended up being one of the top possibilities.. Fortunately/unfortunately we did not go there.

As always, final destination was chosen in last minute. Tunisia.

So, here it begins with a view from above. Who needs a fancy dslr when you got a camera in your phone?!

I'm still amazed by the fact that after 3,5 hours it is possible to switch climates and surroundings different  in so many ways.

when we arrived, the sun was going low over the city, and impressed with everything new to me around, I was snapping away like a Japanese (no offence to people from Japan! :)

the feeling was like being in a new world, where people live in other rhythm of life.

good luck!..

next day our mission was to find one of the two shops one is able to get alcohol. It is not sold anywhere else! good thing actually, I suppose because of the fact as one of the factors there is a relatively low crime level.

still can't figure out what they're selling there. disposable cameras, iso400?..

after all the walking around we finally found what we were after. vine was nicely priced. year 2006 was almost twice the price as the one we took of yer 2003. though, we could not tell a remarkable difference. lame, I know. way back in taxi, which are also reasonably priced there. the local music added to the atmosphere.

aww1

next day we had to get up early, there was a long road ahead. a morning view.

we stopped at a place that is very much like Coliseum in Rome.

yes, I know,this shot would be more interesting if there was somebody somewhere.

inside it looks like this.

view to left:

straight to the front:

and right:

and backwards:

already feel like been there and seen it all?

let's go under.. to the basement.

actually, I quite like this frame, the black figure luckily wandered in the frame as a let the shutter go.

and, view from above with plenty of somebodies somewhere this time.

to Gabes.

those reflections I think add up to the snap, did not bother removing them.

there was a train, too.

they hang the meet for everyone to see, so you know you get the real deal when you make an order!

dos these go-by scenes get repetitive (boring)? perhaps for some.,

though, I like this.

the guy spotted the camera, apparently.

at one of oasis.

the guy clapping hands for us

vehicles.

at the caves. people, who live there, believe that at the entrance symbol of hand and a fish protects from a 'bad eye'

donkey -  a symbol of endurance.

after this photo, clothes had to be changed because of the nice smell : )

backyard

and entrance

and another house, bit further away.

a short midday nap.

the thing gets up at first on back legs and then on front. you got to hold on not to fall down! actually, pretty interesting experience when it happens for the first time!

cockpit view

my ride. the second one.

white camels are the fastest. though, they're not of great endurance.

next morning had to get up very early again for the purpose to witness 'the most beautiful sunrise' over the dry salt lake.

how bout adding some human element to the scene? aka aww2

one star hotel..

we were on the move already, when the sun finally came up. thou, it was not as spectacular as it should have been, because of dull weather

we switched the transport to jeeps to get to the rally track  Paris-Dakar.

people in Tunisia generally are very nice and friendly. as we stopped at the usual tourist-attraction spots, the ones you can meet around those places are like zombies trying to sell you anything. this obtrusion can get pretty tiresome when you are chased for money every two meters. but I can understand their position somehow - the tourist comes here just once and will never come back, probably, so they must benefit form the situation as much as possible. nevertheless, children should be taught to respect other people.

again, I managed to cut the top of the hill. nice.

photoshop.

this is just to show that a desert can be different.

it's not just a field of sands.

and it in not a water either.

at this place movie "The English Patient" has been captured.

at this place - "Star Wars"

'let's zoom in!'

view from the back

someone made fun of me 'rise your hand.. down.. down a bit'

ship of a desert

looks like it's the same guy from the previous photo!

cloudy sky. later, there was even a bit of rain. wow.

nice mirror-self I discovered afterwards reviewing the shots. 100% crop, heh:

after a long debate I was convinced that we should try again that 'traditional night' type of thing. I knew there would not be anything new, but "free" drinks - ok, let's do it.

am I making fun of innocent animals? probably.

donkey, equipped with a portable radio set. nice.

funny thing about this snap. when I was shooting this, at least 5 people came to see what's inside the well. before that, nobody bothered about that. also I find it  funny  when I see others often copying my angles and 'ideas of things to photograph'..

then, we had a 'discotheque' outside.

the 'free' vine started to affect.

there was a laser show afterwards. at first I was bit sceptical about this, but must say I actually enjoyed the show.

the idea was to tell a story of Tunisian history.

we were supposed to go by a pirate ship the following day.. but, because of the wild night and 'free' vine, the only right decision was to cancel that activity - I could not imagine swinging in the waves at that moment..

after some recovery we jumped on these babies

did not take my dslr with me because of all the dust it would have to go through. and there was plenty of it.

<3

evening in town.

love the looks I'm getting. somehow it reminds me of Bernhard. don't know why..

cats in Turkey were different form cats in Crete which were different again from cats in Tunisia. very friendly and did not stand still for a second, it was very hard to get a decent frame at that light levels. this one is 1/15, f/1.4, iso1600.

and, the 'perfect beer shot'. also a must, of course.

at the beech.

'take a photo of my finger' 'uhm.. ok....'

would not try to tress-pass this fence!

and, as our trip came to the end, last snaps of a hotel.

view from our balcony.

when you are checked-out at 12:00 and you still have lots of time to kill, what you do? right. mirror-selfs.

we moved up to get a view from above.

tree in a shop growing through the roof. nice.

selfs in a restrooms shall be b/w. here it is. yes.

so, congrats if you made it to the end. probably I should have not included so many photos or divided this entry in several parts.

anyway, really enjoyed those few days off, shame it came to the end so quickly. It's kinda hard to jump back into everyday routine in full speed again.

Aceyalone / Mic Check

If it wasn't for a mic check I wouldn't have a check at all 
- a one two, a check a one two 
If it wasn't for a mic check you wouldn't have a check at all 
- a check two, a mic a check two 
If it wasn't for a mic check I wouldn't have a check at all 
- a one two, a check a one two 
if it wasn't for a mic check you wouldn't have a check at all 
- a one two, and I'm a check you 
I start most of my raps off kinda slow 
just so you could see exactly where it gonna go 
I make sure your body's strapped in 
cause I'ma tailspin and you're liable to get thrown 
The bible is the microphone; I read from the scripture 
leave it up to you to see the pictures 
I hover above MC's like a flying saucer 
with the sorcery to alter the future 
present and the past, don't be hesitant to ask 
me to be the man I'll be the last 
I'll be movin fast on that ass, I stipulate your fate 
I take a grip I'll take a shot I'll break your plates 
Now can you take the weight or do I have to make it lighter tighter 
than you could imagine that I had to been when I recite a rhyme 
I might as well be inside of your mind 
I know you thinkin, "Damn! How does he? What was he a man 
or a machine with computerized diagrams?" 
I tell em, "Nope! I am of the flesh, fresh, dope" 
I'm set apart you're just a shot in the dark 
and the darkness casts no shadow 
And I'll be victorious, no matter who I battle 
So every rapper in the house shut the fuck up! 
Cause if it wasn't for a mic check you wouldn't have a check at all 
- check one, check two 
If it wasn't for a mic check I wouldn't have a check at all 
- check a one two check a one two 
If it wasn't for a mic check you wouldn't have a check at all 
- a check one check two now I check you 
Now everyone knows I got the Milk like D, homemade quilt 
to get your wig peelt, like it should be 
Top o' the mornin to ya, it's so many ways to do ya 
I offer you the shield, just before I deal on ya 
I recommend, that when I squeeze the puss from your skin 
you pretend it ain't happenin 
Cause everywhere is my stompin grounds 
When MC's stepped in I stomp em down to the lowest 
You the slowest rapper that I met, but you owe us all a favor 
not to, jet (nah you ain't goin nowhere) 
not until you show us you be flippin 
I give your body lashes and whippins 
T crashes the board like Pippen, I has to be trippin 
Not for your pleasure or your entertainment I came with 
a crew called self, and everybody looked just like me 
And we agreed that we dope fool 
We got flavor and everyone knows who's the saviour 
Cause everyone knows, everyone knows 
Everyone knows I got flow 
And if it wasn't for a mic check I wouldn't have a check at all 
- a one two, a check a one two 
If it wasn't for a mic check you wouldn't have a check at all 
- a check two, a mic a check two 
If it wasn't for a mic check I wouldn't have a check at all 
- a one two, a check a one two 
If it wasn't for a mic check you wouldn't have a check at all 
- a one two, and I'ma check you 
See the mic check brings all the chaos to order 
I conquer the perimeter sealing the borders 
to catch the feeble child weeble wobble style evil subject 
Too deadly ready to wreck, anyone in my way 
I am what is know as the expandable specimen 
not understandable when I handle my mic check 
I enlarge to full capcacity drasticallly fast 
it has to be my well manicured dastardly pure blast 
will sniffle and lift, level and shift, earthplates 
Speeded up birthrate repetitive let it live then let it die 
Right inside the eye of the negative 
I love puttin pressure on the lesser competitive 
Inferior you're determined, vermin, sherman stick smoked 
I got the elephantitus styles superior stroke 
of genius, I spoke and hell broke loose 
I saturated the streets, 'fatuated by drum beats 
My heat, so-lar, warms the po-lar 
Melting glaciers, I are shooting star chaser 
The laser beam on my hip swings when I rip 
Fully loaded electricity clips I can't miss 
stimulating your body fluids to flow as well as I do 
I do what is necessary to counter the blockage 
I can just rocket/rock-it with no fuel, dual exhaust 
is costing your life renewal 
I bring about a change meanin I'm about as strange as they come 
I come from the depths and wish they slept none son 
I am I was I be because I'm me 
originality for your fatality 
Now I am a traveler word scambler 
not a scribbler or a scavenger, eatin the place 
You're greedy and feedin your face, cause you're needin a taste 
of this niceness, but my advice is don't imitate 
my likeness, oh I'ma fella who knows what the 
mic is, and I do it somethin like this 
Freestyle Fellowship Aceyalone Mikah 9 Jupiter Peace 
Chillin Villain Empire Afterlife Hip Hop Clan Mass Men The Nonce 
AbRude Western Hemisphere Meen Green Boomin James Born 
Allah First... 
And if if wasn't for a mic check I wouldn't have a check at all 
- check one check two now I'm through with you 
And all the Heavyweight crew puttin it down, Ten Cent Eve 
Doin it at Project Bliznah-iznow, fool! 

"You'z not knowin!" Ace 1

- iDOL

**BONUS**

The MC5 (Motor City Five) was an American hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1964 and active until 1972. Their music also included blues-rock, psychedelic rock, rock & roll and garage rock. "Crystallizing the counterculture movement at its most volatile and threatening,"^[1] their far left political ties and anti-establishment lyrics and music would serve as a prototype for later punk rock musicians. The band consisted of Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith (guitars) Michael Davis (bass), Rob Tyner (vocals), and Dennis Thompson (drums).

-wikipedia.com

MC5 / Rambilin' Rose

"Time for Revolution!" - unknown

- iDOL

Thanks to Gizmodo for the link.

Cheatin / Minstrel Show

Life of the party / AndJustUsForAll

Back At It / AndJustUsForAll

"Tryin' to fill my back pack to the top with ends..." - Rapper Big Pooh

- iDOL

The Queen, Patti Smith performing Horses! Joooohnny come on jooooohnny!!!!

Did you twist it?

Peace.

DBS

Link

- j.

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Do you wish to upgrade your RAM??

Heyyy.. Do I look like Clark Kent ??

Shit!!! Wherever you go :) Travel - Toilet!

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